Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-11

site, saying that it would b.: \ great city
some day. He became wrapped mp in
his political aspirations and could not do
anything to make his prophecy true. Il
is coming true nevertheless. Some capi-
talists who saw that there must he city
here bought the land on which the city is
low building for SIS or $50 an acre
They bou. ht 200 or 1900 acres and ad-
vertised that they were going to sell lots
for a city.
ga friend of mine, Judge John Steel,
used to own the land, aud ne described to
me the first auction Of lots. His office
was ct TIscumbia, two and q half miles
away. he was sitting in it one day when
q man rushed in and asked him il he kne ~
what was going on down near the river.
He replied that he did not, sud he WAS
then told that the cars had brought
in about 600 people aud they were
holding au auction there Of lots for
city. Steel laughed ana said they were
fools and went on with his writing. In q
few moments another man came in aud
asked the same question, and told him
there were 800 men down al this auction
and that they were bidding away at the
land like mad. He concluded to see the
show and Jumped on his hOrse. He rode
down TO the river and found this crowd
Of meu around 8 wSgon in a Large field
Of green corn. In thiS wagon an
auCtioneer stood and he vas selling 10 s.
This lot said he, ION which the wagon
now stands is lot number -. Ii is on
the main street ard it is 25XlUO. II is
valuable property! What am l offered?'
He had hardly got the words out Of his
mouth when he was offered Sl200 This
rose rapidly to $1,000, Sl400 and finally
sold for $500. The wagon then drove to
the next lot and it was sold in the same
way. Steel looked on for ten minutes
and then jumped on his horse and gal
loped back to his office, thinking that the
men were both mad and foolish.
"StilI at this point there is now @ big
hotel. They have street car line, ma
tional bank, and there are six furnaces
tlazirg about the city. The town YVES
laid out on May 1, 1854, and at the close
of this sale above described S224, O00
worth Of lots had been sold. | visited
| Sheffield three weeks ago. l ssW crowd
of men rushing across the street, and l
asked friend what that meant. He told
me they intended to organize Il streetrsll-
way company, and asked me If did not
want to take some stcck. look
ed at the grass growing ABOUT me
ana SAID no. WalheN ABOUT
the city anu half ~ hour afterwards 1 met
one OF IAe crowd wac Ahu Oeeo TuSAlnG
70 the street. railway lAeethE' ne toiu
me that II was all nAed' tn&' lhey hAu
-al.Zea lAe company e!eGse0 q pres
dent gotten up the capital and would
start 10 WORK &t ooce' nave sInce re-
ce.Neu au' 60 I.-aL NV Ioa'' "'s IL 1o1L.e
'etSS!oh, n"' sS-'i'C cl,'ooH 80 -.
aAyVneI CIV" tuS-'Ips iu'o ~Ho' Lo 70,
s.tlU a.A1C a. ~ .;I
lows are Solh- ~ sSaIs a 1"t-ond5 ~
tl",i ~ no ~ go NY - ioIuuS" 'iio
DA!H IN q ~ "llH 600 ~
1y tLls tiAI0 'Hoy Law 7io''0o0 u 80 VI
ueposlts'
why continued MT Jones' ,thoSe
leIIoNs VIII synulCate anythl59' Nail
uoZeh OF SheIl elu CAPITALISTS were one
i.Snt III the Dig noIeI II Hhelneiu' one
Oh mem salu, LET'S form Syno4cAte ara
buy something. 'bus "haC snail we gu!
asked another. 'On, anything, replta
thlro, 'ieta guy InlS Dianh Eotei'
wv nat SNAIL we give LOT II. salu Ioufthi
worth SdU,OOU. IEey then sent one OF
tnelr NUMBER ao"n 10 see Tue iahoioTu e.,
lie salu' as ohe STORY goes, Lanu4oIu' IL
give you Soo'ooo LOT your motel.
one miro casn. LONE, rePaIsu tie
Duyer, anu tne PspeIS were 9Ia"n NJ! ~ auu
the properly Gnangeo Names. Hln!E q
W wee oo IHeSe le4lo"s sotu Ina' Ho'ei lol
2oo,ooo'
III IS Wonaerlui no" Foreign capitSI Is
rushlhg INTO AIaoatna' rive huhuteu
ium 2ermen came DOWN 10 Iooh at Inc
lumoer regions: sno' oy the way We nave
mlillonS oI Ieet OF Ihe hhest lulHoer OF
the world III Is inner lnan the Georges
| ye!loW pine, IL IS as stfalSnt as lea't
pencil, ana we nave acres upon acres %
virgin IoreSts luI OF trees "hich eNtgho
e!ighty leet oeiore you see hino' Inc
pine Oh MichlSdn anu Maine mas peeh
! FteIIy wei ctt Out lhiiueuse lO ~! ul'e'
were maze III IL anu INC salHe WI! ne IL Il!
| A'aoaina' Inc pine Is 50 ioc"IeU ina II
Caa easily De sA!ppcu 10 S@e SeaooAiC hu"
/ seat ali over Inc void one OF tneSe
iamoeEmcn stopped on dsE ID BirinlhS
nam, ana bought 39o,UoU worth oi resi-
estate before ne "Snt lUFthef soutA. a
pTooa'e J0uSe III missouri VIsit.o hII-
ml' shaln. lie locked over me h7io ana
wrote ont Ills resignation rive months
ago ne mao no m )feT 10 speak OF ana now
ne IS worth Slg0,Uuo.
~
"The Pratt coal mine, near Birmirg
ham, is the largest in the world. Its OUT
| put at present Is 5000 tons Gay, ana
| within q few days, by new openings. it
VIII be increased to 5000 tons daily"
! Tell me something shout Admission,
the town which Judge Kelley doomed"
Admission, is now doing well, and it
may thank Kelley much for it. II was
rather running down, and the people were
| leaving for other points before Kelley
came north. His talk ABOUT it gave it a
new start, and it is now growing like